Shoe-fastener.



PATENTED MAY 29, 1906.

H. FREDRIGKSON.

SHOE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, 1905.

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PATENT critics.

HANS FREDRIOKSON, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

SHOE-FASTENER- To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS FREDRIcKsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Shoe-Fastener, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a fastener for shoes designed to do away withthe use of a plurality of buttons arranged down the front of the shoeand also of eyelets and laces. While I have shown the device as used inconnection with one style of shoe only, it is obvious that it can beused with any form of shoe desired and that as many of the fasteners canbe employed upon a shoe as may be desired.

The invention consists of the novel fea tures of construction andcombination of parts, hereinafter fully described, pointed out in theclaims, and shown in. the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view showing the application of the device to a shoe. Fig. 2is a detail perspective view of a housing carrying the locking device.Fig. 3 is a similar Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a catch. Fig.5

is a section through the housing, the catch' locking mechanism beingshown in plan. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the housing andcatch, the locking mechanism being shown in elevation. Fig. 7 is adetail per spective view of the locking-lever detached.

In constructing my device I employ a plate A, having points A struckdownwardly therefrom and having from one end a projecting shank A whichis toothed along one edge, asshown at A, to form a catch. The plate A isplaced upon the marginal portion of the top adjacent the front cut, andthe points A are passedthrough the leather and then bent or clenched,clamping the plate A firmly upon the front of the shoe. I also provide aplate B, having the downwardly struck points B, and the plate B isplaced upon the front of the shoe uponthe opposite side of the front cutfrom the plate A. The plate B carries a housing O, which is cut out atone side, as shown at C, and upon the opposite side, as shown at C thelatter opening being larger than the opening O. Within the housing O ispivoted a curved locking-lever D, the outer free end portion of whichextends through the slot C and engages an outer side of the housing Oand is roughened,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 9, 1905. Serial No. 240,242.

Patented May 29, 1906.

as shown at D. The lever D is cut away on its under edge, as shown at Dwhereby a shoulder D is formed. At the inner end of the lever lugs ortrunnions D are struck laterally and serve as pivot-points, the saidtrunnions being pivoted, respectively, in the top of the housing O andin the plate B. A curved spring E is secured at one end to the casing Cadjacent one side of the opening O and is curved inwardly and around theinner pivot end of the locking-lever and thence outwardly, having itsother end secured to the upper edge of the locking-lever above thecutout portion D In operation the shank A extends through the housing,entering first the opening O, passing under the locking-lever at thecut-out portion D and projecting through the opening C To fasten theshoe, it is only necessary to pass the shank or catch through thehousing, the teeth A being engaged by the shoulder D of thelocking-lever and held in such engagement by the spring E. To unfastenthe shoe, the thumb is pressed against the roughened portionD ofthelocking-lever, and it is moved upon its pivotal point so as to throwthe end of the spring E secured to the locking-lever toward the endsecured to the casing and moving the shoulder D away from the teeth AWhen the lever is in this position, the shank can readily be withdrawnor, if fastened too tight, can be loosened by partial withdrawment fromthe casing. As

' soon as pressure of the thumb is removed the spring E will return thelocking-lever to its normal position, as shown at Fig. 5.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent,- is

1. The combination with a housing cut out on opposite sides, of atoothed catch working through the said housing, a curved lockingleverprojecting through one of the cut-out portions of the housing andpivoted within the housing, adjacent its inner end, a spring secured atone end to the housing and at the opposite end to the saidlocking-lever, and a shoulder formed upon said lever and adapted toengage the teeth of the catch.

2. A shoe-fastener comprising a plate, a toothed shank carried by theplate, a second plate, a housing carried by the plate and cut out uponopposite sides, a curved locking-lever. having trunnions formed at itsinner end, said trunnions being pivoted respectively in the top of thehousing and in the plate carrying the-housing, the outer end portion ofthe I point of the lever and secured at its other end locking-leverengaging an outer side of the to the lever, adjacent the out-out portionas housing and being roughened upon its outer f and for the purpose setforth.

face and cut away on its lower'edge adjacent HANS FREDRICKSON. 5 saidroughened portion, thereby forming a shoulder, and a spring fastened atone end to the housing and carried around the pivotal Witnesses:

KAREN FREDRIoKsoN, FRANK S. GRANT.

